[arch-general] [signoff] linux-3.1-2

Christian Hesse list at eworm.de
Wed Oct 26 05:22:06 EDT 2011


Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:48:34 +0200:
> Am 25.10.2011 17:12, schrieb Tobias Powalowski:
> > Hi guys,
> > please signoff 3.1 series for both arches.
> > 
> > Upstream
> > changes:
> > http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
> > 
> > Archlinux Changes:
> > - $(uname -r) reports now the full kernel version
> > - all external modules should be installed in
> >   /lib/modules/extramodules-3.1-ARCH now
> > - disabled the old IDE subsystem,
> >   marked as deprecated for quite some time
> >   All users of the old ide hook in mkinitcpio
> >   should make the transition to pata hook now!
> > - disabled the old ACPI /proc files,
> >   marked as deprecated for quite some time,
> >   everything is available in /sys
> 
> Another release, mostly identical, but I fixed the depmod on kernel
> update in nvidia, lirc, fcpcmcia and fcpci.

x86_64 works on my Samsung NF310 as well.

> All external module package
> maintainers in AUR/community should look at the PKGBUILD and install
> files for those to see what needs changing.

Where do module updates go to? I have patched versions of psmouse and zram
for example.
Or does it make any sense to link /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates
to /lib/modules/updates-`uname -r` and install them there?
-- 
Schoene Gruesse
Chris


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